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Browsing Local History Articles by "Susan Dormanen"
The Golden Gate Villa, by
Susan Dormanen
From any portion of the city can be seen a magnificent villa whose turrets and towers soar above their surroundings. [Read more]
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Frank Norris, author of McTeague and The Octopus, grew up in Oakland and San Francisco. He attended the University of California for four years, but failed to graduate because of poor grades in mathematics. After spending a year studying literature at Harvard, Norris left for South ..." [More]
Excerpted from The Santa Cruz Venetian Carnival by Frank Norris
